Interstitial lung disease in connective tissue diseases: What are the important questions?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 488-490

  Ryu, Jay H ^a   Bongartz, Tim ^a   Matteson, Eric L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; HUMAN; NOTE;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 24644438159     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21321     Document Type: Editorial

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